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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

923 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 923 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY

  RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF NEWTON COUNTY.

  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH 10 MPH AND WILL

  LIKELY MOVE OVER AREAS WHERE RADAR INDICATES UP TO 6 INCHES

  OF RAIN FELL SINCE 630 PM THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINS UP TO 

  AROUND 6 INCHES OCCURRED EARLY THIS EVENING FROM NEAR JAMESTOWN TO

  EAST OF FARRSVILLE INTO NORTHCENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES SHOULD

BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3066 9385 3066 9372 3115 9359 3114 9386

      3093 9383



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